2014.515: Untitled (Lush Tree and Parched Land)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.515

People

Nandalal Bose, Indian (1882 - 1966)

Title

Untitled (Lush Tree and Parched Land)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1961

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, West Bengal

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/352293

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on Asian paper

Dimensions

39 x 27.8 cm (15 3/8 x 10 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: signed: upper right: black ink, Bengali: ২৩ ৩ ৬১ (23 3 61) [23 March 1961], signature of the artist
• seal: upper right: rectangular, red, intaglio seal of the artist

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Nandalal Bose, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, (-1966), by inheritance; to his son, Biswarup Bose, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India (1966-1969 to 1971), gift; to Supratik Bose, grandson of Nandalal Bose, Cambridge, MA, (between 1969 and 1971-2014), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mary K. Eliot and Supratik Bose in honor of Sonya Rhie Quintanilla

Accession Year

2014

Object Number

2014.515

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

An expanse of dry land rendered in sharp lines recedes towards a distant horizon in this monochromatic ink drawing. The cracked surface of the parched earth contrasts sharply with the delicate, spherical form of a banyan tree with its limbs gently bowing towards the ground.

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